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Building sustainable low-cost buildings from building waste materials in the United States: A review of the present practices and future potential

In America, the construction and demolition (C&D) waste volume equated to 600 million tons in 2018, which is over 50% of total municipal solid waste. This figure is dominated by concrete, wood, asphalt, and metal. The majority of this waste ends up in landfills, which poses grave environmental hazards like greenhouse g...